HB 249 – Children with Disabilities Funding Formula

HB 249 – Children with Disabilities Funding Formula

Primary House Sponsors: Rep. Jeffrey Elmore (R-Alexander, Wilkes); Rep. Hugh Blackwell (R-Burke); Rep. John Bradford, III (R-Mecklenburg)

Summary

This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to study and propose a change to the formula for State funding for children with disabilities from the current model allocating funding based on required service levels to a model allocating funding based on severity of disability type.

This bill also appropriates $7,725,690 to the Department of Public Instruction for the purpose of allocating funds for children with disabilities to local school administrative units for at least 13% of each local school administrative unit’s 2021-2022 allocated average daily membership.

Movement

Filed – 3/9/2021